The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

The Bard (1963)

John Williams: William Shakespeare

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• William Shakespeare : [after knocking out Rocky Rhodes]  Blow, blow thou winter wind. Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude.

  [Trumpets sound] 

  William Shakespeare : . That's from As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7

  [by Amiens] 

• William Shakespeare : [In response to Julius Moomer being at a loss for words after discovering Williams Shakespeare has appeared]  He speaks yet he says nothing. Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2.

  [Trumpets sound, this is a paraphrase as Romeo was the original speaker and used she instead of he] 

• Julius Moomer : I got me an idea Will. You don't mind if I call you Will, do you?

  William Shakespeare : What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet;

  [Trumpets sound, also from Romeo & Juliet Act 2, Scene 2, by Juliet, but not mentioned by Shakespeare] 

• Julius Moomer : You never heard of Ingrid Bergman?

  [laughs] 

  Julius Moomer : Where ya been pal?... Never mind, don't tell me.

  William Shakespeare : A comely woman I take it. One fairer than my love. The all seeing sun ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.

  [Trumpets sound, from Romeo & Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2, by Romeo-not mentioned by Shakespeare] 

• Julius Moomer : [Julius Moomer has just finished doing the jig of joy]  S'matter, Will? You don't look so good.

  William Shakespeare : Like a strutting player whose conceit lies in his hamstring.

  [Trumpets sound] 

  William Shakespeare : That's from Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 3

  [by Ulysses] 

• William Shakespeare : I think I will take a walk now. I am that merry wanderer of the night.

  [Trumpets sound] 

  William Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 1

  [by Puck] 

• William Shakespeare : To be or not to be Mr. Moomer, that...

  [Trumpets begin to sound, but are cut short, as he appears to forget his line. He shrugs his shoulders and exits through the door. From Hamlet Act 3, Scene 1 by Hamlet-not mentioned by Shakespeare] 

• William Shakespeare : But she has the most definitive line of the play. In the epilogue, I took it from Twelfth Night.

  [trumpets play during the following quote] 

  William Shakespeare : If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.

  [Act 1, Scene 1 by Duke Orsino-not mentioned by Shakespeare] 

• Julius Moomer : Hey Will, Will. Will. Hey wait a minute, Will. Wait a minute. What're you doing? You're gonna louse up the whole deal. What am I going to say to them in there? What am I gonna tell them?

  William Shakespeare : Tell them simply that foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun. It shines everywhere.

  [Trumpets sound] 

  William Shakespeare : Act 3, Scene 1, Twelfth Night.

  [by Feste] 

• Rocky Rhodes : [WS has just spelled out what he thinks of Rhodes's revisions to his script]  ... So what have you got against Stanislavsky?

  William Shakespeare : *You*, that's what.

  [He punches out Rhodes, then faces Julius] 

  William Shakespeare : And to you, Mr. Moomer, as they say... LOTS OF LUCK!

  [He turns away and walks out]